Original billhead printed in black ink on light beige paper. Also includes handwriting in black ink. Datelined July 22, 1887 in Auburn, California. 8 1/2" x 5 1/2." Original handwriting with the company signature written in black ink perpendicular to line items. This inscription acknowledges payment was received in full. Billhead is very clean and intact overall except for light age toning, a few horizontal and vertical fold lines, slight wrinkling, a chip in upper-left corner on front, and slight wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. An original billhead from Adams & Smith of Auburn,... View More...
Very lightly worn at extremities, but a nice bright, clean copy. Fictionalized biography of a cowboy and his journey from trail herding to cattle baron. Although he wrote fiction, Adams's works have a factual insight into the cattle trade garnered from his 10 years of Texas trail herding in the 1880's and '90's. 384 pages, plus publisher's unpaginated catalog of other books at the end. View More...
Original marbled boards with 3/4 black Moroccan leather binding. 6 1/2 X 8 1/2 inches. 708 pages. Raised bands, red title label on spine with gold lettering, much gilt decorations. Copy has several very small rubbed spots on corner of leather binding and on back cover, however, copy is very clean, tight and complete. View More...
288 pages; illustrated brown cloth binding with gilt design and lettering on the cover and spine. Some wear to the top and bottom of the spine and bumped at the corners of the boards. Inscribed in ink "To My Mother, from Qunnie Plessner. Detroit July 29th 1887". Contains a series of letters written to eastern papers from Southern California in 1884 and 1886 by Ms Adams. Very good clean copy. View More...
Original publisher's beige wrappers with staple binding. 5 1/2" x 8." Forty-eight pages, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Slight wrinkling to the covers and a couple tiny rust marks on the front cover. Ephraim Douglass Adams (1865-1930) was an American professor and historian. His specialties were the Civil War and British-American relations. Benjamin Russell (1849-1935) was a Canadian politician, judge, lawyer, and professor from Nova Scotia. He served in the Canadian House of Commons from 1896-1900 and 1900-1904 representing the districts of Halifax and Hants, re... View More...
Original publisher's light green cloth binding in a multicolored, illustrated dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in a mylar-covered Brodart sleeve. 5 1/2" x 8." 216 pages, complete. A few black-and-white illustrations, complete. Four additional pages in back advertise other books aimed toward boys. Pages and covers of book are virtually pristine and intact. Binding is tight. Pages age-toned. Slight bumping to corners of the book. Dust wrapper has several small chips that are mostly limited to the corners and edges. Slight wrinkling and rubbing to the dust wrapper. No remainder ma... View More...
Original publisher's light green cloth binding in a multicolored, illustrated dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in a mylar-covered Brodart sleeve. 5 1/2" x 8." 211 pages, complete. A few black-and-white illustrations, complete. An additional page in back advertises other "Air Combat Stories." Pages and covers of book are virtually pristine and intact. Binding is tight. Pages age-toned. Slight bumping to corners of the book. Dust wrapper has several chips but most are limited to the corners, top edge, and fore-edge of front panel. Small tear on back panel. Slight wrinkling and ru... View More...
Cloth. 550 copies printed by the Spiral Press. Illustrations. The acquisitions described in the pages of this book are the richest harvest gathered by the Library in any year since the Fellows began their generous assistance in 1949. The book is div ided into sections: Mediaeval Manuscripts; Early Printed Books; Bindings; Autograph Letters and Manuscripts; Drawings and Prints; etc. View More...
Original publisher's brown wrappers backed with black cloth. Red and blue decorative stripes on front cover. Bound by the Angwin Book Bindery in Angwin, California. 6 5/8" x 9 5/8." Pages 551-610, complete. Photographic plates in black and white and color, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. A few numbers are written in black pen in the upper-left corner of the front cover not affecting text. One light smudge on the front cover and a few small wrinkles on the back cover. A Fine copy. A sweeping tour of Portugal with descriptions of different place... View More...
Original publisher's brown wrappers backed with black cloth. Red and blue decorative stripes on front cover. Bound by the Angwin Book Bindery in Angwin, California. 6 5/8" x 9 5/8." Pages 153-204, complete. Photographic plates in black and white and color, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. A few numbers are written in black pen in the upper-left corner of the front cover not affecting text. Small wrinkles on the front and back covers. Pages 201-204 have a tear measuring about 3 1/2" in from the fore-edge but all text and images are still present.... View More...
Original publisher's brown wrappers backed with black cloth. Red and blue decorative stripes on front cover. Bound by the Angwin Book Bindery in Angwin, California. 6 5/8" x 9 5/8." Pages 373-402, complete. Black and white photographic plates, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. A few numbers are written in black pen in the upper-left corner of the front cover not affecting text. A Fine copy. The author tours Barcelona, Catalonia in Spain and talks about its history and cultural aspects. View More...
Original publisher's brown wrappers backed with black cloth. Red and blue decorative stripes on front cover. Bound by the Angwin Book Bindery in Angwin, California. 6 5/8" x 9 5/8." Pages 81-106, complete. Photographic plates in black and white and color, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. A few numbers are written in black pen in the upper-left corner of the front cover not affecting text. A Fine copy. An article about Madeira, the independent island in Portugal. View More...
Original publisher's brown wrappers backed with black cloth. Red and blue decorative stripes on front cover. Bound by the Angwin Book Bindery in Angwin, California. 6 5/8" x 9 5/8." Pages 225-256, complete. Black and white photographic plates, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. A few numbers are written in black pen in the upper-left corner of the front cover not affecting text. Lower-right corner of covers and upper-left corner of title label each have one tiny bump. A Fine copy. An article about Madrid and the city's buildings, points of intere... View More...
BAL 43. Also contains "With a Niece's Memories" by Mabel La Farge. Gilt lettering front cover and spine. Book plate front end paper. From the Preface: "The letters in this volume, begun from the South Seas, to a niece of fifteen, are offered in all humility, and in full realization that they probably have little literary value compared to Henry Adams's letters to contemporaries." "There is no attempt to offer a complete series of letters, but rather some are chosen to accompany or illustrate parts of the article 'A Niece's Memories', -- used here as an introductory sketch,." View More...
Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2." 284 pages, complete. Four black-and-white plates, complete. List of Illustrations in the front. Pages are clean and intact overall except for light age toning and faint foxing throughout (foxing most noticeable on edges of text block and outer margins of interior pages). Covers are clean and intact overall but have some discoloration on spine, slight wear to extremities, and light rubbing, and a few surface scratches. A Very Good copy. A work of historical fiction that recounts the sto... View More...
First edition. Illustrated cloth. Illustrations. Slight sun fading to spine. The author takes the reader on a stroll to Balcarres Crag and surrounding countryside. He examines the crag to see the crystals of this basalt-looking rock to discover dole rite, or igneous rock. He listens to the springtime choir, led by the freedom-loving missel-thrush in the topmost branch of the old grey ash. He calls attention to the wonders of nature that are all around; we need only stop for a moment and look. and listen. View More...
10 x 10 1/2 inch map on paper. Multiple fold lines, some chipping. Legend title : "South America. The Coast of Brazil Being Corrected by Mr. John Adams. Anno 1772". Detailed map of South America, "Plate III To face the Title Vol. 1" printed above map and "Thomas Bowen Sculp." printed below. Appears to have been removed from a 3rd edition or later of "A Voyage to South America ." by Don George Juan and Don Antonio de Ulloa, translated by John Adams (Esq. of Waltham Abbey), who also corrected this map as he had resided in South America for several years. View More...
94 pages; unbound (5 3/8 x 9 1/2 inch) with title on the cover. John Quincy Adams, former President of the United States, gave this oration before Congress while a member. It is a biography of Lafayette, the French soldier who served during the Revolutionary War as Washington's Aide-de-camp and a account of his legacy. Very good clean copy. View More...
Wrappers; disbound. The speaker states the following: "The language of the law there is, that the deposites of the public moneys shall be MADE in the Bank of the United States and its branches, unless the Secretary of the Treasury shall direct and o rder OTHERWISE. Otherwise than what? Otherwise than that the deposites shall be MADE there. When the deposites have once been MADE there, his authority, as conferred by this section of the charter, ceases". Etc. View More...
